Catch-all: Alex

[soulus]

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[soulus]

[Good enough.]

Even if we were to pillage one another's boat, there would be nothing worth taking.

[Alex is right. What a pity.]

[chanteuser]

There's nothing worth taking on the ship itself? Or in the tailor's shop?

[ like. okay it's not going to be jewels, or cashdollars but...?? something?? maybe? ]

[soulus]

[There's a pregnant pause as a feeling vaguely akin to annoyance sparks, only to sputter out when he speaks.]

. . . If you mean the large ship anchored at the dock, there may be some things of value.

[chanteuser]

[ what did the ship do to you, rufus? ]

...

Oh. There were locked chests on there, wasn't there?

[soulus]

Yes.

[He pauses again. Some of the lost tension returns as he eyes Alex anew.]

Were you able to ask after the particulars?

[chanteuser]

Of nova gathering? I got some clarification on what counts towards it, but not which one specifically give the most nova.

[ ... ] So, sort of.

[soulus]

What was the clarification?

[chanteuser]

[ oh my god jae that was so fast ]

Obviously nova gathering events count. So does killing. So does... whatever happened to my group and Won's group on Thursday. That contributes as well.

Those are three things I was able to confirm gather nova. There could be more.

[ ... ] Speaking of, did you see the change in the rankings?

[soulus]

[He doesn't feel surprised. The answers are as he expected, though faint suspicion dots his thoughts here and there.]

What about them?

[chanteuser]

[ rufus, buddy you need to relax sometimes. ]

Goat's team went from last to third. That's a pretty big jump.

[soulus]

Do you suspect that the culprit is one of Goat's?

[chanteuser]

It's a possibility.

[soulus]

And Goat?

[chanteuser]

And Goat what?

[soulus]

What are your thoughts on them?

[chanteuser]

Personally? I think they're quite nice. But I haven't spoken with them too much yet.

[ GOAT IS PERFECT ]

But that jump from bottom of the rankings to third is... [ hm. ] It's concerning? That's what I'd say, at least.

[soulus]

[Maybe Goat's perfection is what propelled their team through the ranks.]

It's certainly a jump.

[chanteuser]

[ i believe it AND i support it ]

Yeah. From last to third. It's... probably safe to say something significant happened, but we don't know what it was.

[ there was an Adventure, so if a couple of the participants were on goat's team maybe that would count?

Or. Y'know.

Murder. ]

[soulus]

The teams that dropped may have had fewer opportunities.

[It's easier to rise on diligence if the others are also being less productive. The adventure is a good guess.]

Of course, there's no clear-cut answer between the two of us.

[chanteuser]

Right. There were only... eight of us that were on one of those adventures? So it's a limited resource if it is helping with nova gathering.

[ also a mcfuckin' traumatic one. ]

[soulus]

You were found in a tube. What happened before that?

[chanteuser]

Ooze monsters.

[soulus]

Did you fight them?

[chanteuser]

There wasn't anything to fight them with, we had to run.

[ ... ] I threw a pillow at it? It slowed it down.

[soulus]

[Resourceful.]

How did you end up in the tube?